The Pacific's non-communicable disease epidemic is not due to poor lifestyle choices according to the Pacific Community.
Non-communicable diseases or NCDs are the leading cause of death in the region and some Pacific island countries rank among the top 10 for prevalence of diabetes.
But the director general of the SPC Colin Tukuitonga told Koroi Hawkins calling them lifestyle diseases is wrong.
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Children take part in the Nobesity Samoa programme Photo: RNZI/Sally Round